CoMMiTTEE REPoRTS

Paul Hughes Vice President’s Report

It’s a nice quiet life as the VP. I have had some excitement with the 1200GS, which needed a new drive shaft immediately after my trip in NSW in February. The drive shaft, at 140,000 km, had a frozen universal joint, so our great supporter Munich Motorcycles came to the rescue. Bruce and Sandy have superb service and fully refurbished my drive with new universals and metal protection in less than a week’s turn around. Interesting that the “wet heads” drive shaft has slightly larger universals than all the previous models. Must be to handle all the extra horsepower...lol.

I have had some pleasant rides including the Tyalgum Pub lunch ride and also the Imbil ride. Good turn outs and fun times.

Looking forward to the Cane Toad Rally and Christmas in July. Don’t forget to get yourself involved in the monthly photo comp.

Ride Safe Ride often

Cheers

Paul

My first BMW.....

David Whale, Member #4185 - Where it all started my first BMW, an R100T, took it all over Europe.

Cindy Bennett, Member #4170 - Red G650GS. A great bike to get back into riding on.

Darryl Gowlett Treasurer’s Report

G’day Everyone, It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been on the Committee and I’ve spent the past month getting my head around the bookwork. I’d like to thank John for the quality of the records he passed on to me, and the help he has offered so that I can keep the Club afloat with the least amount of difficulty. I will try to keep the numbers brief, but relevant, so that all can see how the Club is travelling. I’m not an accountant, and don’t quite get the need for copious amounts of reports, but I do understand that what comes in needs to exceed what goes out, and the figures I provide will show that. We’ve finally paid all the refunds from the BMWCA Nationals, which John did all the work on. There were a couple of glitches where people gave us incorrect banking details, but now all funds have been cleared.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. But there’s more peace to be had with a boxer on full noise around a twisting mountain road.

Ciao,

Darryl

Steven johnson Secretary’s Report

Hi all, A big thank you to the outgoing Secretary Tony Gray for assistance at my first AGM – I was busy with heads down taking copious notes hoping to not leave anything of relevance out. Hopefully mission accomplished.

Further handover from Tony on the secretary’s role & responsibilities has been concluded, although it is my hope that further mentoring and guidance will continue.

As part of that handover, I have been entrusted with the Post Office box key and a very handy USB stick which includes handover notes, templates and previous Minutes. Believe me it has come in very handy already!

I can report that no mail has been received in the post box so nothing to share with members so far. I will keep you all posted!

The March Committee meeting Minutes for March 2020 have been circulated and endorsed. Further to that subject, I urge any members that may have any items that they would like to have raised at any upcoming committee meeting to contact me with the details so that it can be added to the agenda.

With respect to recent riding, what a drab week we have just……..”Endured” – rain, rain and more rain. Luckily we were granted a window of opportunity last Sunday for the ride into Tyalgum for lunch. Great ride as always.

Here’s hoping for better riding weather in the coming month. Stay safe and keep upright people.

Regards,

Steven

A Johnson in its natural habitat.... The male of the species uses its powerful boxer engine to cover vast distances seeking its overpriced coffee and pastry prey.

BMWMCQ Meeting Minutes 04 March 2021 Venue: Geebung RSl

Meeting Opened:

8.40 pm Apologies: Cindy & Duncan Bennett, Bill Luyten, Maggie Rafanowicz, Matthew Leitch, Chris Bishop, Geoff & Ellen Hodge, Mal Cremer, John Allan, Ian & Allison Sayce. Minutes of Previous General Meeting: Accepted: Darryl Gowlett Seconded: Charlie Brown

Number of Attendees: New Members (Name & MC): Visitors: Returning Members: Treasurer Report:

35 None None Greg Dunne February Monthly Report submitted by John Eacott Seconded – Paul Hughes. 1 x outstanding refund for cancelled rally – no bank details

Editor Report:

Tools Report:

Regalia Report:

Records Report: Events Report:

Secretary Report:

Dealer Liaison Report: Vice President Report: President Report: Clubs Australia

Other Events/Buy/Sell/Swap: Past rides: General Business Closed:

Currently heading to Tasmania, returning late March. Appreciate that April Journal may be slightly delayed. Thanks to contributors. Next service day to be at Rob Wynne residence at Jimboomba 27 March. Regalia on display. Voucher for club shirt to be part of the prize pool for future raffles. $27.50 received from Peter Jeremijenko for club shirt collected at last month’s meeting – Tony Gray to bank. 256 financial members. Club ride this Sunday to Imbil. Canoe/Ride event cancelled as little interest. Correspondence In: BMWTC NSW Newsletter, BOQ confirmation of Term Deposit Rollover to new 6 month term, Office of Fair Trading Annual Return Form. None None None New club badges coming – photocopy of approved logo displayed at meeting. Clubs Australia to continue to support with prizes for BMW Club Xmas function. Not discussed Not discussed Nothing raised for discussion 8.55 pm

BMWMCQ Annual General Meeting Minutes March 2020

Meeting Date:

Chairman: Apologies:

Minutes of Previous AGM:

Outgoing Presidents Report:

Outgoing Committee Member Reports:

Outgoing Treasurer Report:

4 March 2020. Time: 7:30pm Attendance: 40 Paul Hughes/Tony Gray Cindy & Duncan Bennett, Bill Luyten, Maggie Rafanowicz, Matthew Leitch, Chris Bishop, Geoff & Ellen Hodge, Mal Cremer, John Allan, Ian & Allison Sayce. Accepted: Darryl Gowlett Seconded: Mark Mustchin An exceptional year where the club performed exceptionally in a covid pandemic year. Special thanks to the committee members as well as the membership in general. Club spirit is very strong given the diversity of the membership. Trying to offer something for everyone. It is a social club so it should be about having fun. Committee members presented their review of the year. GG mentioned there are currently 256 members of the Association with 58 new members in the past financial year. The highest membership for some years. President Paul Hughes, VP Mark Gilbert, Secretary Tony Gray have announced that they will not be re-nominating for the role this year. Cindy & Duncan Bennett submitted a written report which was read by Tony Gray. Bill Luyten submitted a written report which was read by Paul Hughes. Special thanks to Rob Wynne from Bill Luyten for the use of his facilities at Jimboomba and his wonderful hospitality. The past Financial Year has seen a bit of a change in bookkeeping following the change from Reckon Online to Reckon One. The fee for Online became exorbitant so the simpler, but unfortunately less ‘user friendly’ version has been adopted at a significantly cheaper rate. But you get what you pay for! The migration of data which we paid for has also created some issues with incorrect entries making reports inaccurate, but some burning of midnight oil has almost fixed that. Question from the floor re the costs accredited to the Cane Toad Rally: Incorrectly showing as a debit caused by a system error in data transfer to the new system. The audited accounts cannot be changed but going forward the correction will be made. Motion to accept the tabled documents moved by John Eacott: Seconded by: Rosi Johnson. Accepted by the members present. Moved PH that same auditor as this year be used for next year. Seconded Mark Mustchin. Accepted by the members present.

2021 Committee Nominations: These nominations were received prior to the meeting by the Secretary. A call was made to the floor for any other nomination before the nominees were named. No other nominations were received. An election was required to determine the Treasurer role while all other nominees were elected uncontested.

President: Tony Gray Vice President: Paul Hughes Secretary: Steve Johnson

Treasurer Nominees: John Eacott, Darrell Gowlett

Following a secret ballot administered by Greg Gaffney as Records Officer and Life Member Gary Bennett, Darryl Gowlett was elected as the successful candidate for Treasurer.

Special Resolution:

Treasurer: Darrell Gowlett Records: Greg Gaffney Tools: Bill Luyten Regalia: Roswitha Johnson Events: Mark Mustchin Editor: Cindy & Duncan Bennett Dealer Liaison & Advertising: Don Grimes Nil

Closed:

Certified as a fair and accurate record:

8.30 pm

Paul Hughes outgoing President Tony Gray outgoing Secretary

records@ bmwmcq.org.au Greg Gaffney Records Officers Report

Well, I’m back in the saddle for another 12 mths as Records Officer and looking forward to a great year.

We have been getting lots of new members via the website lately so hopefully there will be many new faces to make welcome at our events. I’m off to another Service day this morning and look forward to seeing our new hoist and maybe another final drive servicing.

Welcome to New Members:

Robert McKinnon, CARSELDINE, 2005 R850C Thomas Mieni, HAMILTON Ben Kerwin, REDCLIFFE, R1100RT Graeme Stuckings, UPPER COOMERA, F800GS Jim Keegan, CORNUBIA, Triple Black R1250GS Robin Fraser, RANGEVILLE , 1971 BMW R75/5, 1992 BMW R100RS, 1993 BMW K75RT, 2014 BMW R1200RT-P, 2012 Honda Goldwing, Ducati Classic and modern - several, British Classic - several, Japanese Classic - a couple, 1914 FEB Precision, 1921 AJS Model D

[Editor - Did you miss about 20 names there Greg or is Robin the new record holder for the most bikes??]

Greg and some of the Service Day group “problem solving”.....

Bill luyten

SERVICE DAY

The Club held a very successful Service Day on Saturday 27 March at Rob Wynne’s which was very well attended, thanks again to Rob for the use of his great facilities. There are special tools available (see below list) including the GS-911WiFi and 3 pin diagnostic tools.

Tools for loan

There are special tools available including the GS911WiFi and 3 pin diagnostic tools. Special Tools • 34mm socket for rotating crankshaft • Twinmax electronic carburetor balancer (Twin

BMW engines) • Vacuumate (electronic synchronization of throttle valves up to 4 cylinders) • Clutch alignment shafts (3 sizes) • Compression gauge (cylinder pressure) • Steering head bearing puller and seating tool • Gearbox output flange puller • GS-911 Wi-Fi Diagnostic tool (Wi-Fi and USB Version) • GS-911 3 pin Diagnostic tool (for older bikes) • Tyre Pressure Monitor Sensor (TPMS) tool • Enduralast hall sensor tester • Brake bleeding tool (suction bleeding via the brake caliper) • Compression tester

Tool’s Report

Club Tool Loan:

$50 deposit (refundable) for GS911. Tools and spares can be picked up at my place in Springfield or brought along to a monthly meeting or Club ride.

Contact Tools Officer

Bill Luyten 0438 123 747 email: spares@bmwmcq.org.au

Rosi johnson Regalia Report

Hi all, Looking forward to another year in Regalia. As part of our monthly general meeting, we are giving away a Club Shirt of your choice, so come and join us every first Thursday of the month. Congratulations to our first winner, Chris Lancaster .

This is also the year where the BMW Logo will slightly change , which we hopefully get up and running in the next few months. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions for Regalia , let me know and I will do my best to accommodate it. Stay safe and hopefully I will see you on a ride soon. Cheers, Rosi regalia@bmwmcq.org.au